Sketch 324- Monday Lunchtime Sketch - Christmas in July

Happy Monday friends.  I sure hope this scheduled post does post as I am away and will not be back for another week.  And since I am anticipating it posting, I will just go ahead with all the information.

 

Again, Mary Jo has outdone herself with this weeks sketch and I for one decided this would be a wonderful sketch for "Christmas in July."  I had been wanting to use this Stamp called "Wonderful Wreath by stampin' up! and I am excited with the way it turned out.  So here you go!

 

 

Isn't this just beautiful!  I love it!  I used the Petite Petals and punch for the flower and the sentiment came from an older stamp set called Christmas Lodge.

 

Here is a close up of the Wreath.

 

 

OK, I hope you have enjoyed my sample today and please make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the design team's samples for this great sketch.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 



Lovely as a Tree Christmas

Here is another one of my cards from this past Saturday crop.  This one was so simple yet I thought turned out so elegant.  I just added a little red as the second layer and the rhinestones to finish it off along with the snow burst embossing folder.  Love, love this card and yes it was another pinterest case from the Artistic Designs by Rachel.

Here is a side view of the card!

And the inside!

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Joyous Celebrations, Lovely As a Tree, God's blessings (inside), Christmas Lodge (inside)

Card Stock: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green

Markers for inside image (used on the stamp)

Snow Burst embossing folder

Rhinestones

Thanks for looking and hope your day is blessed! Happy Thanksgiving!

Lovely As A Tree Christmas

Hope you all are having a wonderful start to this Thanksgiving Week!  I am so thankful that I am well and God has blessed me with so very much.  So I feel very thankful.

This is another one of my Saturday stamp crop cards that I made using Pinterest as my point of inspiration.  I tag all of these cards, so I need to make sure I use them.  So that is what most of Saturday was, casing my Pinterest tags.  Fun, fun!

Here is a side view of the card!

Don't you just love this Night of Navy and White Embossing together.  I think it may become one my favorites.

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Lovely as a Tree, Christmas Lodge

Card Stock: Whisper White, Night of Navy

Versamark

White embossing powder

Thanks for looking and hope your day is blessed!

SU LateNightStampers Challenge / Favorite Christmas Colors

This past Saturday we had a stamp crop and I just had fun making cards that I had been wanting to do.  This was one of those cards that I cased off of Pinterest and I love the outcome.  Some of my favorite Christmas cards are red and white and that is why I used this as my first card for this weeks challenge at LNS.  Isn't it just beautiful.  Of course I have to give credit where credit is due and "garken" is her Splitcoast Stampers ID.  Thanks so much for the inspiration.

Here is a side view of the card!

And of course the inside is decorated!

I am also putting this in the following challenges!

SUO Challenge

Twist of Faith Challenge

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Christmas Lodge, The Sounding Joy

Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Shimmer Paper: Silver, Red

Flower Triple Layer Punch

Quilted Cherry Cobbler ribbon

Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder

1 1/4" Square Punch

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!

Bold Snowflake

 

I ordered the new single stamp called Bold Snowflake which also can be used with the Blossom Punch. I think I really like it.  Actually I used another card from pinterest that used the mixed bunches stamp set and cased that card.  I used a few different places for the snow flakes here, but it is mostly the same as the one Linda Creech did.  Since I could not link to her card, here it is!

 

 

As I said, I positioned a few more on my card, but the idea is still the same.

 

Here is a side view!

 

 

I also used the inside to stamp a image of the snowflake from the same paper I punched the snowflake from.

 

 

I actually used the white craft ink and sponged around the sides of the white paper.

 

There is also a sparkle to the card as I spritzed it with my Shimmer paint spray I made.  To really see it, you may have to double click on the image to see it larger.  Very pretty and shimmery!

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted!

Stamp Sets: The Sounding Joy, Christmas Lodge (inside), Bold Snowflake

Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse

Frost White Shimmer Paint

Blossom Punch

Silver Shimmer brad (uncertain where it came from)

 

Thanks for looking and hope you have had a wonderful weekend!

 

 

 

 

Staircase Decoration Card

How cool is this card!  Another Pinterest case and even found the instructions by going to the post from Pinterest.  Gotta love it!  You can find the video here and the card that I found on Pinterest to case.  Frenchie has quite a few videos and does a wonderful job.  So another one for this weeks challenge at SULateNightStampers and also I will be posting this one on the Stampin' Fun and Friends as that is where I decided on the colors.

Here is a side view of the card!

And the inside!

Love this Christmas Tree from the Christmas Lodge set!

All items used are Stampin Up!

Stamp Sets: Word Play, Christmas Lodge (inside)

Card Stock: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Red Glitter Paper, Dazzling Details glitter adhesive

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive

Stocking Punch (retired)

Decorative Label Punch

1 3/4" Circle Punch

Thanks for looking today and hope your Friday is filled with joy!

SU LateNightStampers Challenge / Case Pinterest

Happy Monday to everyone and hope your day has started out great.  I actually initiated the challenge this week as I have so many cards that I have pinned on Pinterest that I put that as the challenge for this week.  And, I started with one of my favorite Christmas cards.  It was done by Darleen.  Here is the card that I cased!

I changed the color up a little bit and used different ribbon and a different sentiment.  Here is my version!

Here is a side view!

and inside view!

All items used are Stampin' Up! except the inside Scripture verse!

Stamp Sets: Christmas Cottage

Card Stock: Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White

Framed Tulips Embossing Folder

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive

Markers for image on inside

Paper Piercing Kit

1/8" real red taffeta ribbon

Non SU Stamp Set for Scripture Verse: ODBD Christmas Verses

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful week!

Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Good Thursday morning all! I have been busy this week and have not had time to post this card I made on Sunday.  I actually wanted to make another card to post with it since I left out a key element of the challenge over at Sunny Challenges and Creations.  They always have a second part and I know this, but my mind is on getting my Christmas cards done and the rest just went out the other side of my brain.  Things have been doing that a lot lately.  The second part was sympathy.  Well I did use the sketch, so I will post it over there anyway and if I do get a chance I will try to make another card.  We can always use sympathy cards.



Here is a side view of the card!

And the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Word Play, Christmas Lodge

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Snow Festival

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Rhinestones

Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border

Northern Flurry Folder

Cherry Cobbler quilted ribbon

Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a blessed day!

Christmas Lodge

How cool is this!  When I saw the sketch for this week at Unscripted Sketches, I knew I had to use the stamp set Christmas Lodge and do some sponging.  And, I am so glad I did. I love the look of sponging to make an almost evening scene.  With this one, I used the new in-color midnight muse and it just really made the card.  The ink was chocolate chip for the trees and the house.  I also used my white gel pen to add a little more of the snow feel to the trees.

Here is a side view of the card!

And the inside of the card!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Christmas Lodge, Teeny Tiny Wishes, The Sounding Joy

Card Stock: Whisper White, Midnight Muse

Ink: Midnight Muse, Chocolate Chip

Snow Burst embossing folder (retired)

Bitty Banner Framelits

1/4" Early Espresso Taffeta Ribbon

Thanks for looking and hope your day is blessed!

Christmas Tree Card

 

Here is a card I started earlier last week for their Sketch Frenzy Friday and of course now they have a new sketch, but now that I have finished this one, I thought I would post and let you see how it turned out.  Just could not sit at my table log enough to finish. Not certain if I like it or not, but someone I am sure will love it at Christmas, I hope. lol

 

Here is a side view of the card!

 

 

And yes, I did finish the inside, but I kind of made the sentiment a little crooked. My daughter has a great phrase for that which is "just gives it character" and I am agreeing with her this time.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Many Merry Messages, Christmas Lodge (tree)

Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green

Designer Series Paper: Snow Festival

Ink: Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler

Red Glitter Paper

Punch Set (flower one used)

 

Thanks for looking and hope you have a blessed evening!

 

 

SU LateNightStampers Challenge/Too Cool to Use

The challenge this week at LateNightStampers is to use something that you have been hanging on too or you get and just look at it.  Well I have had this embossing folder for over a month and finally decided to get it out for this challenge.  I actually cased this card from the new Christmas Mini as that is the reason for buying the folder and the stamp set.  I just fell in love with it.

Here is a side view!

And the inside!

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Sets: Joyous Celebrations, Christmas Lodge

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green,

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green

Markers

Holiday Frame Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

Banner Framelits

Large Oval Punch

Thanks for stopping by today and hope your week is blessed!